Hi all- I'm on a fence, and need some advice. Many of you seem to either be blessed with or are yourselves a Rocket-loving Wife...my wife is terrific in so many ways, but has an "active disinterest" in rocketry. She doesn't begrudge me of it, which I love her for endlessly, but she also doesn't have many hobbies of her own. She's been to a few club launches, and was a great cheerleader for my cert attempts, but mostly she just sees it as "silly boy stuff", something I do to get some alone time in the shop. I'm toying with the idea of getting her a 3 or 4FNC Loc kit- nothing fancy, something that is sturdy, easy to build, and easy to fly on as small as an F or a G. My idea is that I would be happy to help coach her on how to build it, but I will not do it for her, no way no how. It's then up to her to either start it, or leave it in the closet.
Obviously you don't know my wife, but surely someone here has tried something similar, and either it worked, and it becomes a team hobby, or it doesn't, and things go back to normal. I suppose if the situation were completely wrong, it could backfire, but I am not quite sure I can see that happening here (worst case is she says, "Oh great, you bought me something for you...", but I explain that away by saying it doesn't matter to me if she leaves it in the bag for ever).
Stupid idea?
Obviously you don't know my wife, but surely someone here has tried something similar, and either it worked, and it becomes a team hobby, or it doesn't, and things go back to normal. I suppose if the situation were completely wrong, it could backfire, but I am not quite sure I can see that happening here (worst case is she says, "Oh great, you bought me something for you...", but I explain that away by saying it doesn't matter to me if she leaves it in the bag for ever).
Stupid idea?